Music game specialist Harmonix is no stranger to virtual reality, having previously announced Harmonix Music VR for Sony’s VR headset, PlayStation VR. But that’s not all the developer is doing in the medium as at The Game Awards 2015, Harmonix revealed that they have partnered up with Oculus VR to make Rock Band VR for Oculus Rift.

That’s not to say that Harmonix is leaving its core title, Rock Band 4, behind though. This week, Rock Band 4‘s huge gameplay update goes live introducing new features, Fallout 4 outfits and a new game mode called Brutal. Not only that but Harmonix has also released more weekly DLC for the game and this time it’s metal-themed. Find out more about everything Harmonix is up to after the break.

While Rock Band 4 launched with a strong mix of songs, Harmonix has been steadily improving the game’s tracklist with weekly DLC releases. In the past few weeks, Rock Band 4 players have been able to buy Van Halen DLC, Aerosmith DLC, Modern Hits DLC, and a collection of 80’s songs to throw players back several decades.

The weekly DLC release train is in no danger of stopping either, as this week Harmonix has introduced the Off The Charts DLC pack to their new game. As the name suggests, the songs in this Rock Band 4 bundle are taken from the charts, with all of them having done fairly well according to music industry standard, Billboard.

The Rock Band 4 December update was already shaping up to be a Very Big Deal as in addition to the usual bug fixes and patches, the update is also set to add brand new gameplay features to the game. These include the Variable Breakneck Speed option, an activity feed for the score challenge mode and auto-kick that allows you to automatically play certain drum sections.

But that’s not all that this huge content drop will offer Rock Band 4 players as developer and co-publisher Harmonix also noted that there would be new items added to the in-game shop. While the company was staying hushed up about the new items, we now know that the iconic Fallout 4 Vault 111 suit will be added to the game, letting you rock out in true, wasteland-ish style.

Recently, Rock Band 4‘s developer and co-publisher Harmonix has come under fire for failing to provide enough information about the game’s missing European DLC. But while the company’s communication skills could use a bit of work, something that Harmonix absolutely excels at is releasing regular Rock Band 4 updates.

With tracks from Keith Urban, Mumford & Sons, Lynyrd Skynyrd and R.E.M, the base Rock Band 4 game offers an eclectic mix of tracks that has something for everyone. This ethos appears to be carrying over to the game’s weekly DLC as following the Aerosmith track pack and and songs from the 70s, Harmonix has just announced some downloadable ‘Modern Hits’.

Also in the Rock Band 4 world, Harmonix has shed some more light on the situation with missing DLC, with many European PS4 players unable to get their hands on either the legacy DLC that was promised prior to the game’s release, or the weekly content updates. Find out more and read Harmonix’ statement on that after the break.

Rock Band 4 is the game that many of us have been waiting for for years, and having launched in a prime, pre-holidays spot, the game should have been off and running. Unfortunately, various bugs, with the game software itself and with the calibration of instruments, have marred that experience a bit.

But developer and co-publisher Harmonix is on the case, and has been working on a Rock Band 4 update to fix their game’s biggest issues. That update is now available and you can read some of the patch notes highlights and find out more information about the game’s new, 1970s DLC after the break.

This week, it’s time to hop in the ol’ time machine as the game’s latest additional content lets us play through some of the hits of the 1980s. Unfortunately though, European players of the game have been hit with delays of the game’s DLC, including the thousands of pieces of legacy content. More on all of this after the break.

One of the biggest draws to Rock Band 4 (besides its RPG-inspired career mode) is the fact that it lets players import their DLC from all of the other Rock Band games, so for some people that’s a back catalogue of over a thousand songs. But that’s apparently not enough as developer (and co-publisher) Harmonix has already restarted its weekly Rock Band DLC schedule.

Last week’s Rock Band 4 DLC offerings included a song from The Pretty Reckless, a track from Alabama Shakes and music from a few others. This week, however, it’s all about the legends of rock, Aerosmith, with a 6-track pack that’s now available to download. More info after the break.

Rock Band 4 didn’t have the best of launches last week as not only did some players have difficulty finding the game’s instrument bundles (the Xbox legacy adapter in particular) people have also reported framerate issues and odd, random song freezes. Harmonix has apologised, mind you, but players are still waiting on proper fixes.

But even as Harmonix (and co-publisher Mad Catz) go about releasing updates for the game and its several plastic instrument, the two companies are also looking at Rock Band 4‘s future. Later this week Rock Band 4 players will be able to purchase some brand new DLC, while later this year the Rock Band 4 Pro-Cymbals expansion kit will go on sale. More info after the break.

Right up there with Fallout 4, music rhythm game Rock Band 4 has been on of gaming’s most highly anticipated properties. After Harmonix’ popular series went on an indefinite hiatus follow Rock Band 3 in 2010, fans of the series wondered when or even if the developer would revive it once more, and bless them with a new version of the world famous party game.

Back in March, Harmonix confirmed that Rock Band 4 was in the works and would be released later this year. Thankfully, we don’t have to wait a single minute longer to rock out with the game’s plastic guitar, drum kit or microphone as Rock Band 4 has now been released on PS4 and Xboox One and Harmonix has also created an ‘electric’ launch trailer to celebrate. Watch it after the break.